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Peace Powwow set for July 6 in Dunseith

DUNSEITH – The first International Indigenous Peace Powwow will be held Monday, July 6, at the new arbor at the Little Shell powwow grounds in Dunseith. The powwow precedes a tribal flag raising and Indigenous Peace Symposium at the International Peace Garden on Friday, July 11, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The peace powwow will follow the annual Turtle Mountain Chief Little Shell Memorial Powwow, which starts on Friday, July 3, and runs through Sunday, July 5. The weekend event will celebrate the grand opening of the new powwow arbor. This historic peace powwow is expected to bring together ...

Artists named for state parks residency program

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with North Dakota Council on the Arts, has announced the selection of three artists for the 2026 Artist in Residency Program. This annual collaboration celebrates the natural beauty of North Dakota’s state parks while supporting local artists by giving them dedicated space to create original work inspired by the landscape around them. Artists were selected from 15 applicants to spend seven or 10 days in a North Dakota state park. The residency also provides opportunities for visitors to develop artistic ...

Minot City Band to present patriotic concert Sunday

The Minot City Band will present a concert at Oak Park on Sunday, July 5, at 4 p.m., and then the same concert again at 7 p.m. The concert will include patriotic music and popular music in a variety of styles. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the concert ...

MSU Summer Theatre presents ‘Death by Design’

MSU Summer Theatre continues Season 61 on Wednesday, July 1, with a comedic murder mystery, “Death by Design,” directed by Joey Fields. Set in 1930s England, a playwright and his actress wife are on a getaway at their country manor following a disastrous opening night. They are soon ...

America’s 250th Birthday: July 4 celebrations set for Minot, area

Minot and other communities in North Dakota will commemorate and celebrate on Saturday, July 4, the most important milestone in this country’s history – the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A number of special events are being planned in the city of ...